What if the parent(s) have transitioned into work and aren't able to give as much time as Campfield thinks they should? In that case, they aren't the 24-hour lazy layabouts he might be envisioning conjured up when somebody hollers "welfare."

I don't recall my parents being that particularly "involved" in making sure I learned what I was supposed to to make passing grades. Oh, they would explain something if I asked them about it, and they could. My mother graduated high school 30 years before, and my father never did. So, at times, they weren't really "helping." Instead, we were learning something new (or trying) together. Other times, they just didn't know.

So there, Mr. Campfield, everything won't turn out perfect if everybody would just do what you want them to do, and you cut their food rations if they don't.

You will be surprised (or not) to learn that Sen. Campfield does not have children nor is he married. He is simply an elected azz-hat from Knox County that annually comes up with b.s. bills like this one to stir controversy and get airtime with Stewart and Colbert. I'm fairly certain that both Stewart & Colbert (among other political media pundits) look forward to January every year when TN Legislature session begins, just so they can find out what new gems of comedy our elected officials can pull out of their cracks. I'm embarrassed to reside in this state while our legislature is "at work."

Whether one believes in a religion or not,and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion. ~ Dalai Lama

I see what you mean. No wonder he wants to be a politician when he grows up. He couldn't make it in the private sector. He might could even be a poster boy for that thread on mentally ill patients not receiving treatment.

Found in a comment:As my grandfather Lloyd used to say, "It's amazing the bullsh!t you hear when you don't have your gun."

“See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda.”― George W. Bush